Judith
Apocryphal Assyrian widow
Judith is a female given name from Hebrew, meaning "woman of Judea" or "praised." The biblical Judith is celebrated for beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes to save her people—a scene depicted in famous Renaissance paintings.
The name was common in mid-20th-century English-speaking countries: Judith went by Judy at work.
Scripturally disputed religious texts
- deuterocanonicalOf secondary biblical authority
- beheadingRemoval of head
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
- AssyrianAncient Mesopotamian people
widow · deliverance · Israelite · siege · sword · scripture · Old Testament · fidelity
Austrian symbolist painter
- CaravaggioRenaissance-era Italian painter
- BotticelliQuattrocento painter from Florence
- DonatelloQuattrocento Florentine sculptor
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
Baroque · painting · sculpture · opera · Vivaldi · oratorio · decapitation · femme fatale
Apocrypha
Scripturally disputed religious texts
- deuterocanonicalOf secondary biblical authority
- beheadingRemoval of head
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
Assyrian · widow · deliverance · Israelite · siege · sword · scripture · Old Testament · fidelity · faith
Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter
- CaravaggioRenaissance-era Italian painter
- BotticelliQuattrocento painter from Florence
- DonatelloQuattrocento Florentine sculptor
Renaissance · Baroque · painting · sculpture · opera · Vivaldi · oratorio · decapitation · femme fatale · iconography
protagonist
Story's central figure
allegory · symbolism · virtue · resistance · feminine · archetype · story · theme · drama · tragedy
Jennifer
Welsh feminine name
Rachel · Susan · Barbara · Carol · Linda · Patricia · Sharon · Deborah · Nancy · Diane
- BotticelliThe Birth of Venus, Birth of Venus, Venus and Mars, Annunciation, Saint Augustine
- 1950s namesBarbara, Betty, Beverly, Bobby, Brenda
- Biblical FiguresJesus, Adam, Eve, Moses, Noah
- Hebrew namesAaron, Abraham, Adam, Benjamin, Daniel
- HeroinesJoan of Arc, Mulan, Hua Mulan, Boudicca, Harriet Tubman
- Biblical WomenEve, Mary, Ruth, Sarah, Rachel